Anaexserticlava caatingae, a new conidial fungus from the semi-arid Caatinga biome of Brazil

An interesting fungus collected during investigations of microfungi on dead plant material in a semi-arid region of northeast Brazil is herein described and illustrated. Anaexserticlava caatingae gen. & sp. nov. is distinguished by differentiated dark brown conidiophores, holoblastic percurrent elongated conidiogenous cells that produce several sessile subcylindrical hyaline separating cells, and clavate to ovoid 5–6-distoseptate brown conidia.